Lumenocity: CSO to announce plans for more access

Due to overwhelming demand for Lumenocity, the spectacular free Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra concert paired with a laser light show being presented Aug. 1-3 in Washington Park, the orchestra will announce several ways that it is expanding access to the community event.

The CSO will hold a press conference at 10 a.m. Thursday at Music Hall to announce the plans.

Last month, the orchestra said that 37,500 free tickets would be available via Ticketmaster for the three-night event – 12,500 tickets per night. But when they became available at 8 a.m. on June 9, they were gone within 12 minutes. Some of them later showed up for sale on eBay for as much $150.

About 25 percent of the tickets were provided for early ordering by subscribers and donors. Another 10 percent were allowed for community organizations and libraries.

If you successfully ordered tickets on June 9 for Lumenocity 2014, you'll be able to print them out starting Thursday.

A direct email was sent this week to those who were able to order the free tickets for the laser light show and orchestral spectacle taking place over three nights, Aug. 1-3, in Washington Park, Over-the-Rhine.

This will be the second year of the show presented by the Cincinnati Symphony. After unexpectedly large crowds last year, organizers hope to maintain better control of the area by fencing off a viewing area and requiring visitors to reserve a free ticket to enter.